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  1. rino60

    What does your typical week at the gym look like?

    Currently training 6x per week; Sun - bench + chest accessory work Mon - Squat + DL variation Tue - Standing MP + upper body accessory Wed - FS + High bar + leg accessory Thu - volume bench + upper body push accessory Fri - Sumo Deadlift + deficit + back accessory All work is barbell...
  2. rino60

    Texas deadlift bar and Texas power bar

    Doesn't UGE offer the Texas Deadlift Bar at AUD899+, Power Bar for AUD799+ and Squat Bar for AUD1000+...? I'll admit that I haven't had a great experience buying through UGE, but the prices you've listed are above locally listed... Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
  3. rino60

    One Bar or Two.

    Thanks mate - happy to help. When I do my gym video, I'll do a review of most of the bits of kit that I've got. I'd considered the same for plate storage, but would likely only so that with some of the plates to sit alongside my deadlift platform. Ain't nobody want to be picking up plates from...
  4. rino60

    Buying a quality barbell

    Holy old thread revival batman!
  5. rino60

    One Bar or Two.

    Also didn't mention that the Hellion Plates are thinner and cheaper than any comparable 'elite' or 'premium' plates in the market.
  6. rino60

    One Bar or Two.

    I've just measured the sleeves in a few places, and they are very consistently D50.0-50.1mm. Measured the shaft, and I'm looking at D28.8-29.0mm relatively consistently across the shaft - no rapid variations, straight as an arrow. Minor variation in knurl - only if I'm being extremely pedantic...
  7. rino60

    One Bar or Two.

    I'll be the first to admit that ABCs customer service didn't instil great confidence in me, but after trying a couple of their bars that had spent 18 months in the power racks (funnily enough the same MM racks that I have) at 'Iron Strength' up in Cairns, I was sold. These bars looked as good...
  8. rino60

    One Bar or Two.

    Which Sam's rack are you thinking of getting? I've used a couple of them, and reckon they're pretty good kit. I've had limited first hand experience with a few of the Sam's stocked ATX bars, and found them quite well built. Not sure about durability but feel was good, and build quality high...
  9. rino60

    One Bar or Two.

    I'm another advocate for the ABC Bar - one of my newest home gym additions - but I certainly couldn't recommend it for Olympic lifts. It's just honestly too resistive to collar spin with a decent weight on. That said, if I was going for 'one bar only' and intended on doing both, I'd perhaps go...
  10. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    Yeah mate, I do plan to at some point.
  11. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    U74 if PA.
  12. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    I'm keen to try and jump to PA at the end of the year or beginning of next to try to qualify for and (just for the experience) attend Nationals 2017 - which I imagine would be at the Arnold again...
  13. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    Yeah, I get where you're coming from. Yeah, I reckon you might find it hard, but good luck with it nonetheless!
  14. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    Not planning on competing, jumping ship, giving it up...?
  15. rino60

    Personal Training - Courses, Experience and Accreditation

    I agree with all that you've said - for many (if not all), longevity is the name of the game once you realise that this isn't a 'quick' sport - it's a lifestyle choice with many different and enduring goals. Ive never had a long term trainer (especially not a terrible one), but have spent...
  16. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    The ADFPF
  17. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    Which Fed are you with?
  18. rino60

    Competing in both GPC and PA

    At the last competition I attended, there was testing - but how rigorous and random/targeted it might have been, no idea. They certainly wouldn't be coming to my house to test me though, I would think that beyond their means...
  19. rino60

    What are the most impressive feats of strength you have seen?

    I'm not quite convinced that Benny is human... :-D
  20. rino60

    Personal Training - Courses, Experience and Accreditation

    Yeah, I quite often want to push the commercial gym trainer out of the way and explain to their client what they body is doing, and what they should be thinking about and focussing on. It's frightening to see how little many of them know or care.
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